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miztrniceguy

By miztrniceguy, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Jeannine    0

Jeannine
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Hi! That would be me! I live in the Chicago suburbs (Naperville/Aurora area).

There are several members in our stake who are bandsters. Our RS president's sister in Utah just had hers done at Altaview hospital. THere are two of us in my ward.

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miztrniceguy    1

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cool. my wife and i had our consult with dr malley yesterday morning. his office called today to say the insurance has said the procedure is covered, so they will submit the paperwork and we should have approval in about a month. we are both getting banded, about 2 weeks apart.

We live in Liberty, MO about 2 miles from Liberty Jail.

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JDru    0

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Well...technically I am LDS. But I'm pretty much what they call a Jack Mormon now, which means I don't really go to church anymore. Most of my family is still active. I hope your consult went well!

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miztrniceguy    1

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that was me for over 15 yrs, until 1999 when i went back to church. went to the temple in San Diego in 2000, moved to utah for 6 months, moved to wyoming for 18 months, met my wife online, and moved to MO to marry her in 2002 in Nuavoo.

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JDru    0

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What a cool place to get married! I lived in Chicago for a couple of years, but I never made it down to Nauvoo. I really like LDS history.

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Ruthie    2

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Ok, I know this is a really old post but I thought I would say hi to the other LDS bandsters... i grew up in Utah... moved to Louisiana, Washington and now Texas.

I'm sure there are a couple of more of us lurking... :lol:

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miztrniceguy    1

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my wife and i are lds and we live in Liberty, MO. we met on an lds chat board, and i moved here from wyoming.

after having originally selecting a dr in KC,MO and my wife and i going to the initial consult, i found out from my ins company he was going out of network, but had failed to mention it to us.

my wife then selected another dr, went to her 3rd seminar, submitted paperwork to that dr, only to be told they wouldn't accept her as a patient because they didnt think she would be compliant. she is heartbroken.

oh, and we got the approval letter from the insurance for both of us for the first dr who went out of network.

i am waiting to first have my sinuses gutted out so i can use my c-pap machine, then will begin steps to select a dr again.

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slikchik10    85

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are there any LDS Bandsters out there? I have my first consult with DR Malley in KC this morning.

Yup. Here in Cali. Great to touch base. I'm down 12 lb. since surgery....and hope to have a fill in about 3 weeks. Sorry to hear about your surgeon woes. I realize the surgeon thinks your wife wouldn't be compliant but what's he willing to do to assist with changing that mentality. Our support group here has a great counselor that leads the group meetings and having attended these last 6 mos. before I even had surgery, I must say those topics he discussed really solidified my willingness to "work the plan." I changed a lot of my thinking and really became reflective about this choice. It's a major change and I've really tried to connect it to the WoW. Well...keep the faith, and good luck with things. Time will fly, really. Let's keep in touch. :clap2:

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TheLid    0

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I am getting everything together to have surgery in August. I hope. My insurance tells me something different every time I call them. Frustrating. I am LDS and live in Washington. I've never lived in Utah (that tends to surprise people;)

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slikchik10    85

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I am getting everything together to have surgery in August. I hope. My insurance tells me something different every time I call them. Frustrating. I am LDS and live in Washington. I've never lived in Utah (that tends to surprise people;)

LOL...bet my native land surprises folks more....I'm from WV...LDS convert. :)

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gweniper    0

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My husband and I are LDS and going to be banded. mine on 8/20 and his on 9/10 hope all is well with all

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miztrniceguy    1

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well, my wife and i have temporarily stalled our Quest to be banded. we were both approved last sept by our insurance, but the dr we were going to went out of network so we had to postpone. i hope to be banded by the end of this year.

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Wheetsin    714

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I'm not LDS but if you live in Liberty, we're within 10 minutes of each other and I'm relatively familiar with the area surgeons, and 1.5 yrs familiar with the band itself, so feel free to ask any questions you might have.

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miztrniceguy    1

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thanks...i think i have decided on WLSC in OP, but not sure...my wife's sleep dr says he works closely with the dr who called her "non-compliant" and will be able to get that squared away. she has a new sleep study this week.

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